In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes.
We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.
It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a huge and distant government.
Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons. For each American, it’s about 20 tons. For people in poor countries, it’s less than one ton. It’s an average of about five tons for everyone on the planet. And, somehow, we have to make changes that will bring that down to zero.
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